Chapter 180: Shangsi

The old house is always much quieter than the new house in Pingzhou City. Apart from the sound of rats fighting on the beam at night, there is basically no sound.
At four shifts, Lin Jinrong opened his eyes, gently straightened out his scattered hair to one side, and listened to the movement with his ears sideways. Lu Yan beside him was asleep very soundly, his breathing was soft and shallow, so soft that she could barely hear him. Everywhere is too quiet, so quiet that even her eardrums seem to be covered with a layer, hazy and unfresh.
She didn't like this feeling, thinking she couldn't fall asleep, she simply sat up, stepped over Lu Yan lightly, put on her robe, opened the door and walked out.
On the night of March, there was still a hint of cold breath, which was a little bit prickly when inhaled into the lungs. There is no moon in the sky, full of stars. The lights under the corridor went out at some unknown time, and the starlight became more and more cold. A cat ran across the wall agilely, stopped not far from Lin Jin's tolerance, and stared at her quietly with his head sideways, the cat's eyes gleaming faintly under the stars.
Lin Jinrong stood leaning on the pillar and looked at the cat in silence. The old house usually does not live in people, but there is a lot of food hidden, most of which are mice, so there are many cats. These cats come out of nowhere and always appear in unexpected places. One of the reasons she didn't like this place at that time was because of these cats and mice.
She has never been courageous, and is often terrified by these cats and mice. She always felt that this old mansion had grown up for many months, and many people had died. What suddenly appeared besides cats and mice, there might be something else. So in the year Ning'er was born, she came here, and after being frightened several times, when it got dark, she hugged Ning'er and sat in the house, and refused to go out again. Knowing that she was afraid, Lu Yan always pushed Lu Shao and Lu Jing's invitations, and sat aside reading a book with her and Ning'er.
On the second visit, she and him lived in separate rooms.
She could hardly see him, he was either with Lu Shao, or with Lu Lun, or he was hiding alone in a certain place in this old house. At that time, she was no longer afraid of these mysterious cats and mice. Every time she heard a strange movement, she couldn't help thinking, if there were ghosts, it would be better to take her away. Or, Ning'er can enter her dream,
She can hug him and express her apologies and sadness to him. But she thought again, her Xiao Ning'er, shouldn't stay in this world, should cast a better baby, and grow up smoothly.
Lin Jinrong gently pressed the moist corner of his eye. She almost stared at the cat fiercely. She was a person who had died once. She was in awe of gods and Buddhas, but she was really no longer afraid of them.
The cat seemed to feel her hostility, turned its head, and left silently. Lin Jinrong bit her lip and squatted down, wanting to cry, but couldn't cry. She stood up slowly, leaning on the pillar, looking up at the brightest white star in the sky, seeing her eyes sour all the time.
"A Rong?" Lu Yan stood at the door, never wearing a coat, frowned slightly, and looked at her reproachfully. "What are you doing?" Lin Jinrong looked back at him and smiled lightly: "I'm watching Cat."
Lu Yan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and walked towards her quickly, holding her shoulder on her shoulder and reproaching him: "What cat do you look at in the middle of the night?" He lowered his head and pressed his face to her cheek: "What can I do if I get cold ?"
His cheeks were hot, and the warmth he had just gotten in his arms, Lin Jinrong stood leaning on him and whispered: "Do you think there are ghosts in this world? ...
Lu Yan's body became stiff, and then he whispered: "A Rong, I don't talk too much, but I think you must respect gods and ghosts and don't profanity." He did not believe in Buddha.
Lin Jinrong is extremely low, yet very firmly said: "Yes."
Lu Yan was silent for a while and pushed her in: "Okay, don't talk about this, go into the house, face and hands are ice."
The door where the girls lived rang softly, and Lin Jinrong guessed that it was Lychee when he heard the movement and looked up, so he quietly followed Lu Yan into the room.
Lu Yan fumbled to turn on the light, took his coat on the hanger, and walked to Lin Jinrong to sit down and looked at her inquisitively: "A Rong, you can't sleep well at night?" Lin Jinrong felt a little tired at this time. Whispered: "I heard mice fighting on the beam. It's too dark and cold in this room."
Lu Yan smiled affectionately: "So you went outside to watch the cat? Why didn't you call me when you heard the mouse fighting?" Lin Jinrong smiled slightly, "Look at you sleeping soundly." Lu Yan looked at her for a long while and pulled up. She held her hand in her palm: "A Rong, don't you like it here?"
Lin Jinrong hesitated and nodded: "I don't like this house."
"This house is a bit too old, narrow, a bit dark, and a lot of inconvenience, but..." Lu Yan smiled, "There is a very nice place nearby. I can take you to boating." Everyone is gone, and when only two of them are left, it is their world.
Lin Jinrong was crooked. Open your eyes and wait for dawn. In this family, it was Mrs. Lu who had the final say, but Lu Yan had actually made up his mind to stay here, not really asking for her opinion.
Lu Yan pushed her, motioned her to retreat, squeezed to lie down beside her, and pulled the thin blanket over the two of them: "It's still early. Why don't you go in and sleep for a while, if you don't want to sleep, let's play chess?" Lin Jinrong smiled faintly: "Forget it, anyway, I lose." If he wins, he doesn't stick to it. If you want to keep playing, if you lose, then Needless to say.
Lu Yan smiled awkwardly: "Then let's talk? A Rong, when did you first meet me? Do you remember?" After all, he was always concerned about why Lin Jinrong hated him so much. Want to explore the root cause.
Lin Jinrong closed his eyes and said, "I don't remember clearly, maybe it was a long time ago?" Lu Yan smiled and said, "How long can it be? You are only seventeen years old."
Lin Jinrong raised his hand to cover his eyes: "I'm sleepy." Lu Yan stopped talking, leaned over and took a book from the bookcase beside him, looking at the light. It wasn't until the door rang outside that Lizhi and the others got up, and Lin Jinrong was awakened.
Mrs. Lu had given instructions long ago to take a table in the old house to entertain his clan relatives. Therefore, there are a lot of people here today, but at the hour of the hour, many young and old entered the Lu family’s old house, and had breakfast in the outer courtyard and the inner house according to men and women.
Although the preparations were started many days in advance, the Song and Lu were still very busy.
The other female relatives in the family can’t count on it. Lin Yuzhen doesn’t care about her home, so she doesn’t care about things. She only accompanies the old lady Lu and the old ladies in the family to make jokes, showing off her face: Lu Yun is a girl who has not yet decided to kiss her. She was reluctant to go and suffer, but she also dressed beautifully and stayed beside the old lady Lu. An Ran enjoyed the praise and scrutiny from her relatives, and prepared to talk about her relatives: Tu is a sick rice seedling. He has not seen Lu Yan for many days. With this opportunity, at this moment, I wanted to lean more closely to Lu Shan and say something like cold and warm.
As for Lin Jinrong, she is a bride before the full moon. It is for her to return to the old house. Who dares to ask her to do something? Naturally, she stayed in front of the old lady Lu, and was introduced to the female relatives of the family by the old lady. Therefore, everyone in the family is enjoying the blessing, only the two-bedroom mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are busy inside and out.
Many of the people in the old house are old servants. They have children, and they are intertwined with each other. It is far more difficult to clean up than in the new house. Besides, there are many people from poor family backgrounds. Those who come to work part-time jobs to subsidize the family will fall into a reputation of being too poor, loving the rich, and bullying the tribe. Therefore, it was too difficult for the Song family to hold it, and his voice was dumb, and the capable servants who brought it all jumped up their feet, and the morning meal was completed.
When they were about to lose their noses, Song and Lu had a chance to sit down and eat, and they had to eat faster, because the carriage to the grave was set up and they were about to leave.
Lin Yuzhen looked on coldly, feeling very relieved, and she had to say in a pretentious manner: "A Rong, come over to thank your second aunt and sister-in-law. If you don't have their help today, you should be the one who is busy." Lu's face suddenly became hard to look. Holding the bowl, he couldn’t eat, and Song’s smile was still bright:
What are you talking about? What are you grateful for? How can you help? It’s all a family. What are you polite for?
Lin Jinrong hurriedly got up and smiled:
I. Come and add food and vegetables to the second aunt and sister-in-law." If she agreed to Lin Yuzhen’s arrangement to thank the Song and Lu, she would be straightforward. She was silly and confronted the second room. Mrs. Lu would definitely not like it: but if she was No thanks, she hasn’t said anything about enjoying her success, and indeed it shouldn’t be. In the eyes of outsiders, she doesn’t know what’s good or bad, and doesn’t know how to behave. It's better to say nothing and express it with actual actions.
The Song family naturally spared no effort to praise Lin Jinrong: "Second nephew and daughter-in-law are really sensible, gentle and courteous, and they are all the best in character." Anran enjoyed Lin Jinrong's meal and serving.
Lin Yuzhen curled the corners of her lips in disdain, and Lu Yun lowered his eyes and fiddled with the fan ears a few times.
Old Mrs. Lu watched Lin Jinrong's actions from the sidelines, and was very satisfied to let go, turned her head and smiled and continued to gossiping with the old ladies of the same age and generations around her.
This small episode did not affect Lin Yuzhen's mood. As soon as the news of departure came from outside, she happily led Lin Jinrong out, taking advantage of the gap in boarding the car, and introduced Lin Jinrong to some of the clansmen in the clan. Grandpa Lu didn't urge him, and let her order Lin Jinrong to board the bus after walking around in front of everyone.
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